REGULATIONS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF ARMS, ORDNANCE STORES,
QUARTERMASTER'S STORES, AND CAMP EQUIPAGE TO THE TERRITORIES AND THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PRESCRIBED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
IN CONFORMITY WITH THE SECOND SECTION OF THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO
AMEND SECTION 1661, REVISED STATUTES, MAKING AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION TO
PROVIDE ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS FOR THE MILITIA."
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _April 22, 1887_.
1. Each Territory shall, if included within the provisions of said act,
annually receive arms, ordnance stores, quartermaster's stores, and camp
equipage equivalent to the quota of a State having the least
representation in Congress, and the District of Columbia shall annually
receive arms, ordnance stores, quartermaster's stores, and camp equipage
not exceeding double the quota of a State having the least
representation in Congress.
2. Arms, ordnance stores, quartermaster's stores, and camp equipage
shall be issued to the Territories on requisitions of the governors
thereof and to the District of Columbia on requisitions approved by the
senior general of the District Militia present for duty. Returns shall
be made annually by the senior general of the District Militia in the
manner as required by sections 3 and 4 of the act above referred to in
the case of States and Territories.
3. It is forbidden to make issues to States and Territories in excess of
the amount to their credit under the provisions of section 1161, Revised
Statutes, as amended by the above act.
4. The regulations established by President Pierce April 30, 1855, under
the act approved March 30, 1855, are hereby revoked.